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(No Model.)

. v W. H. KELLY.

ROTARY BLOTTER.

No'. 252,041. Patented Jan. 10.1882.-

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UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE.

WILLIAMH. KELLY, oF NEW YORK, n. Y.

no1-A RY BLOTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent N0. 252,041, dated' January 10, 1882.

Appncation mea Navemter e, 1821. (No model.)

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. KELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State ot' New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rotary Blotters and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to ro which it appertains to make and use the same,

reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or igures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to rotary blotters; and it consists in the construction and application, by means of glue, paste, or other adhesive material, of a strip of cloth, paper, or other pliable material to each wrap or layer of a zo roll of blotting-paper, the strips of cloth runnin g'at stated intervals transversely, or nearly so, across the strip of blotting-paper, by means of which strip the outer or soiled layer of paper is easily removed by tearing, the torn edge of the next layer being securely held in place by the next pasted strip of cloth, in the manner hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved blotter. Fig. 2 is a plan 3o view of the roller, showing the outer or soiled layer of blottinglpaper partially severed by tearing. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a portiouof the roller, showing a cloth strip pasted in place between the outer and next to the outer layer; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of a portion of the web of paper, showing a cloth strip pasted in place between the first and second, and one between the second and third,

` 4o llayers, the rear edge of the outer cloth strip overlapping the front edge of the next inner strip.

To the front end of handle A is attached a resilient forked frame, B, having bearings in 4 5 the two outer ends thereof,in which ride journals b, formed by projecting ends of a metal rod, which passes longitudinally through the center of a rotary block, C.

Around this block C is wound the blottingpaper D, either in the form of a continuous 5o web or strip or-in several pieces. Strips E, Figs. 2, 3, and 4, of cloth, paper, or other pliable material, are pasted in their proper places,

a strip to each layer, each strip being provided with paste on each side. One end of the strip is allowed to project beyond the edge of the strip or web of blotting-paper, as atf, Figs. 2 and 3, in order to facilitate the grasping ot' the strip of cloth by the-thumb and forenger when it is desired to sever the outer soiled 6o layer from the main strip ot' paper. These cloth or tearing strips also overlap each other at their edges, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, instead of being located one over the other, in order to prevent any portion vof the glued surface` being exposed when the outer layer is torn from the main strip, and also to prevent any perceptible irregularityin the contour of the roller.

In order to sever or tear the outer or soiled 7o layer ot' blotting-paper from the main roll, the cloth strip E is grasped, at f, bythe thumb and foretnger, and in being raised tears the paper along the line d, Fig. 2. When the strip is torn oft', the paper` is loosened to the next 75 pasted cloth strip. The still secure lend of the loosened layer is then torn oli' in a line with and adjacent to thefront edge of this next pasted cloth strip, as at e, Figs. 2 and 4. It will be observed that in making this severance 8o the paper tears obliquely or with a beveled edge, as shown at g; Figs. 1, 2, and 4, thus forming a continuous blotting-joint. The roll with a clean surface exposed around its periphery is then ready for use. 8 5' The fork B of the frame is made of any resilient metal. When the paper D is exhausted the block G is detached from this forked frame by forcing open the prongs of the latter, and a new block provided with paper and jour- 9o nal-rod, as above described, is inserted in its stead.

I am aware that a strip or string has been used heretofore in tearing open the end of an envelope, and hence I do not claim it, broadly, as an agent for tearing paper; but

l. In a rotary blotter, the combination of a rolled Web of blotting-paper and pasted strips, y In testimony whereof I affix my signature substantially as described. in presence of two Witnesses.

2. The combination, with a. rolled web of blotrting-paper, of pasted tearing -strips, as de- WM. H. KELLY.,

5 scribed, each interposed between two layers of a. web of blotting-paper, the edge of each Witnesses: strip overlapping the edge of the next; suceeed- E. J. ALTHAUSE, ing tearing-strip, substantially as set forth. BERNARD J. KELLY. 

